Merkel cell carcinoma presenting as lymphadenopathy without a primary cutaneous lesion: A report of 2 cases

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1397-1398

  Warnick, Meredith ^b   Singh, Saurabh ^b   Boisvert, Marc E ^b   Peck, Gary L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54349088484     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.10.1397     Document Type: Letter

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